Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 254, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1929 — Page 11

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PERU FIRM TO STOCK ZOO IN BUENOSAIRES Deal for Animals Placed by Representative of Government. ORDER ONE OF LARGEST Circus Company Aided by Agencies in India and Africa. Bu Times Special PERU, Ind.. March 13.—Animals are to be shipped from this city to stock a municipal zoological park at Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. The city has placed its order with the American Circus Corporation here calling for one of the largest wild animal consignments ever shipped from Peru. From the corporation’s stock here will be sent four elephants, six African lions, three zebra, four camels and a hippopotamus. The remainder of the order will be filled from the corporation’s agencies in India and Africa. Acts for Government The order was signed by Manuel A. Morales, representing the Argentinian government, who spent three days in Peru looking over the circus corporation’s stock, having decided to buy here after visiting most of the leading zoos in the United States. • In addition to directing three circuses, including maintenance of winter quarters for them here, the American corporation is developing a large volume of business in supplying wild animals to zoos. It has agencies in Calcutta, Ceylon, Bombay, Rangoon and other points in the Federated Malay States as well as in Africa. Dens Replace Bars A staff of engineers in the employ of the corporation is engaged in designing zoos in various parts of the world and has worked out a plan whereby cages for animals are eliminated. Instead dens deep enough to prevent escape are built, protected by motes. Attention is given to make dens correspond as nearly as possible to a particular animal’s surroundings, adding to the effectiveness of the zoo. CLEARED OF SLAYING, DETECTIVE LIES ILL Harvey L. Smith Unable to Try Hand at Solving Murder. Bu Times Special ELKHART, Ind., March 13.—Harvey L. Smith, former South Bend private detective acquitted here two months ago of the murder of Mrs. Genevieve Stults, Mishawaka beauty parlor operator, is seriously ill, according to word received at Mishawaka by his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Mauzy. The illness has prevented Smith from starting on plans he announced following his acquittal to solve the murder. He is said to be suffering from stomach and kidney ailments. He is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Smith, Hagerstown, Md., and his wife and baby are with him. CHALLENGE TO JUROR Unusual Procedure First in Court’s History at Portland. Bu Times Special PORTLAND, Ind.. March 13.—For the first time in the history of the Jay circuit court, a grand juror has been challenged on the ground that he would be a material witness in a criminal case on which the jury was to deliberate. The challenge was overruled by Judge Gillespie. It was directed at Luther Ashley by George Maxwell, who declared he was among persons against whom the jury might act and Ashley would be a material witness. Pension Ends Long Service Bp Times Special RICHMOND. Ind.. March 13. After nearly fifty years as an employe of the Western Union Telegraph Company, mostly as city lineman here. Dan Kart has been retired on a pension. Two Seek Council Places Bu Times Special MARION, Ind., March 13.—0. S. Jones and Harry Cutting Republicans, have 'filed for Third ward councilman in the spring primary election. Poor Fido! No Horne at All Bu Times Special MARION, Ind., March 13. Fido is ownerless in Grai.t county, according to township assessors’ reports to Cr nt. Assessor Clyde Timmons. Assessors, who this week began listing taxable property in the county, stated that few dogs apparently have permanent hhmes. One report told of a householder who chased a dog out of her home when an assess' - • appeared. “Now run home, Fido you’ve been here long enough,” said the woman as she opened the door to admit the township assessor. “Death and taxes used to be certainties,” philosophies Assessor Timmons. “Now, it’s been reduced to death."

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DePauw Graduate Who Has 'Run*Everything Now Runs Town

t Miss Martha Railsback <at far left), a birdseye view of Savoy, S. D. j __ __ ___ _.. (above), of which she is the unofficial ruler and half owner, and EarJ ■■■§* **■■% ATAntf flI JllliPliir jL nPfyEfa D ||l illy Houston (far right), the town marshal and general “fixer.” KffliPPlLP \ | ||PY i W 'v‘l OFFICIAL SUED MARTHA RAILSBACK BEFORE WOMAN Hi "-arSj IS BOSS IN DAKOTA- ,—— ’ rfi Attorneys Want Fees for First on Grand Jury to Hear l ' JJ fßli Arson Defense. Former City Woman, With Partner, Owns Village in Curry Case. 4 • fill Bu Times special Black Hills; Conducts Latchstring Inn and Enter- B> columbus, md., March 13- !§\ * , - . ROCHELLE ind March 13- Mrs. Emma Meyer, first woman | % JpISI I vlfcfr 'w | Samuel E - Withrow, former Parke tains Notables at TrOUt Breakfasts. grand juror in the history of Bar- || Ml _> W i county Ku-Klux Klan kligraph, tholomew county, is a member of ||| IPpfe % f faces suits by attorneys for fees 'F'kOWN at Greencastle, ten or twelve years ago, they would tell you the panel which will indict Herschel |||| i^Bp > # after defending him at three trials that the person who came closest unofficially to “running De Pauw Curry, 18, charged with the murder lllk JjjllP V ' nn an hnrcrp H. ic ciatpH university” was Miss Martha Railsback, coed from Indianapolis. March sos Hubert S. Taylor. j, '■ ■ tmmlm 8 ’ . What she wasn’t president of, she was secretary. And if she wasn’t Young Curry is held in jail here mmmJm--- K Jlppiili , ji,. % < IIA to la( i e a fourth trial in Vermillion secretary, she was on the board of directors. A genius for organization as is his father, John Curry, 58. Os- iMtWgmiik > |p jMmmm mrnmamm -m. circuit court at Newport, March 25. they called her. ficiais say the older man is being

HOOSIER HURT BYJHJOE FISH Swimmer in Florida Bitten by Barracuda. By Times Special KENDALLVILLE, Ind., March 13. —Orval Mains, former resident here, is suffering from severe injuries received when he was attacked by a giant barracuda while swimming at the municipal beach in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., according to word received here from Paul Weil by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Weil. Several bathers witnessed the struggle between Mains and the huge fish. It fastened on his left arm, lacerating it to such an extent that six stitches were required to close the wound. Mains was swimming with Harold Walters of Kendallville, when attacked.

‘ Barefoot ’ Horses Ride Bu Times Special KENDALLVILLE, Ind., March 13.—This must have been good for a couple of “horse laughs” from a team owned by V. L. Hanson. Noble county farmer. The horses had been kept in a barn most of the winter and were unshod. Desiring to use them for some work, but fearful their feet would be injured by a trip to the shop of L. D. McKellar, local blacksmith, Hanson loaded the horses into a truck and gave them a five-mile ride to the shop.

Highest Price Offered for Indiana Sugar Beet Crop

FIRE SHOTS IN STREET Hijackers Blamed in Bullet Escapade at Shelbyville. Bu Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., March 13. Hijackers are believed to have been principals in a shooting escapade on a street here at 4 this morning, police announce. Occupants of a brown coupe fired several times at a large dark colored sedan, the smaller machine being in pursuit of the larger. Police did not obtain license numbers of either car. FLOOD BILL SIGNED City to Pay 55 Per Cent in Prevention Work. The Noll-Bosson bill amending flood prevention laws by fixing the county’s share in flood prevention projects at 45 per cent and the city's share at 55 per cent, instead of the present 50-50 basis, was among measures signed late Tuesday by Governor Harry G. Leslie. The bill also repeals the section which placed a 10 per cent of cost assessment against a special benefits district. The Kottkamp bill, applicable only to Indianapolis, also was approved. It permits 75 per cent of affected property owners to remonstrate against vacating a street or alley and provides appeal to the courts. The Governor *lgned the StreetMcGriff bill designed to relieve congestion in the supreme court by placing exclusive jurisdiction in misdemeanor appeals with the appellate court until Jan. 1, 1931, and transferring such appeals now pending in the supreme court to the appellate court. The Governor’s approval was given to the house bill providing for nomination and election of city judges in secend class cities adopting city manager government in the same manner as city commissioners are nominated and elected.

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FORMER KLAN OFFICIAL SUED Attorneys Want Fees for Arson Defense. By Times Special ROCKVILLE, Ind., March 13. Samuel E. Withrow, former Parke county Ku-Klux Klan kligraph, faces suits by attorneys for fees after defending him at three trials on an arson charge. He is slated to face a fourth trial in Vermillion circuit court at Newport, March 25. C. Ray Callings, chief defense counsel in all three trials, says he has received but S4OO of $2,000 in fees. Attorneys William R. Johnson and J. M. Johns say they have been paid only SIOO on their $1,500 fee. Hung juries resulted in all hearings of the case. During the 1924 election, which developed a bitter klan and antiklan contest in Parke county, It is alleged Withrow burned a school building at Bridgeton. THANKED BY HOOVER Gary Man Receives Letter After Gift of Silk Floss Picture. Bu Times Special GARY, Ind., March 13.—Lawrence Richey, secretary to President Herbert Hoover, has sent the following letter to Isaac A. Isaac, Gary, following presentation of a silk floss picture of the President: “The framed picture of the President which you were good enough to send him has been received and your thoughtful courtesy is very much appreciated.”

Company Asks Acreage Increase to Keep Plant at Decatur Busy. Bu Times Special DECATUR, Ind., March 13.—A price of $7.50 a ton for sugar beets with free seed, is being offered Indiana growers by the Holland-St. Lcuis Sugar Company, which operates a plant here. Officials of the company, in announcing the high price, express a belief that congress will vote a considerable increase of the present tariff qn foreign sugar, thus affording a wider margin of protection to their product. The intensive campaign is now being conducted throughout the Indiana beet-growing section to induce farmers to plant a larger acreage than last year, in the hope that the plant here can be operated at capacity for an eighty-day run. In “order to give farmers who have already signed for the 1C29 crop the benefit of the new price, new contracts are being offered to them by the company’s field representatives. 18 MOTORISTS FINED Assessed for Failure to Stop and Speeding. Eighteen traffic law violators, five of them speeders, were assessed fines and. court costs by Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron. Eleven of the offenders did not stop at preferential streets, one drove through a safety zone, and the other was charged with reckless driving. namld nurse head Resigns Job at I. 17. to Take Post in Mancie. Announcement cf the resignation of Miss Nellie B. Brown, as assistant director of the Indiana university school of nursing, to take a position as superintendent of nurses at Ball Memorial hospital. Muncie, was made today. Miss Brown will report for duty at her new position on June 1. Her successor has not been named.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1929

Miss Martha Railsback (at far left), a birdseye view of Savoy, S. D. (above), of which she is the unofficial ruler and half owner, and EarJ Houston (far right), the town marshal and general “fixer.” MARTHA RAILSBACK IS BOSS IN DAKOTA Former City Woman, With Partner, Owns Village in Black Hills; Conducts Latchstring Inn and Entertains Notables at Trout Breakfasts. DOWN at Greencastle, ten or twelve years ago, they would tell you that the person who came closest unofficially to “running De Pauw university” was Miss Martha Railsback, coed from Indianapolis. What she wasn’t president of, she was secretary. And if she wasn’t secretary, she was on the board of directors. A genius for organization they called her. Graduation—the war—Y. W. C. A. work—several years as national president of Delta Zeta college sorority—and Miss Railsback stepped over into what may be her life work—still running something —running a whole-town this time. The town is Savoy, S. D., of which Miss Railsback is postmistress, half owner, and proprietor of a summer resort hotfel. Miss Railsback is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Railsback, 1628 North Illinois street.

As proof that magazines of western fiction are not “all wrong,” Miss Railsback brought an “honest-to-goodness” cowpuncher back with her for a visit to the state of her nativity. He is Earl Houston. He’s All-Around Man Houston is handy man, information bureau for visitors to “dude” ranches in the Black Hills, and the sole employe of the Latchstring Inn, owned and operated by Miss Railsback and Miss Maude Watts. Miss Watts also is a guest here. “We’re just two old maids,” Miss Railsback explained, “running a hotel for vacationists in the heart of the Black Hills.” President Cooldige, when on vacation in the Black Hills, accepted an invitation to eat one of Miss Railsback’s famous trout breakfasts, but, as Miss Railsback explains, was unable to visit the Latchstring because he was being kept sequestered for fear c r the mob spirit at the time of the Sacco-Vanzetti executions. Miss Railsback, while working with the Y. W. C. A. during the war, met Miss Watts. Miss Railsback was sent to South Dakota on business and located at Savoy. Miss Watts visited her. A partnership evolved from the visit, with the resultant operation of the inn by the two women. Inn Always Open “We've done everything from chopping wood to selling merchandise from the store we operate. I’m the cook,” Miss Railsback said. The Latchstring is named appropriately, for there’s not a lock on a door of the inn. The hospitable latchstring of the west opens every door. It is located near the Homestate gold mine, one of the largest in the world. Several miles from the inn are Rough Lock falls, of seven cascades. The Burlington railroad’s branch line, from Deadwood to Spearfish, of the railroad were at passes the door of the inn. Officials the inn last summer. Two night watchmen at the gold mine, one with a family of three, Miss Watts, Miss Railsback, and Houston form the winter inhabitants of Savoy. Houston is the town marshal, in addition to inn handyman. He disclaims fear of Indianapolis “flappers” despite the fact that this is the largest city he ever has visited. Yearly Houston rides in western rodeos.

General Reaches for Cigaret’; Brings Ad Ban on Whole Army

'Get Out of Trenches’ in Tobacco-Candy War, Is Order. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, March 13.American troops, in the person of Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard, have been given what is tatamount to an order to withdraw from the trenches in the candy-tobacco war. Henceforth the armed forces of the United States must remain neutral in the great struggle to decide whether a cigaret cough is worse than a candy-fattened waistline. General Bullard, now retired, recently appeared in magazine and newspaper pages in behall of a famous brand of cigaret. It was intimated in the advertisement a soldier might be mor* fit if he smoked that particular brand. The cigaret manufacturers

Land at SI,OOO a Foot Bu Times Special ELWOOD, Ind., March 13.—Determined to keep a city owned tract of land clear of commercial buildings, officials have placed a price of SI,OOO a front foqt on a strip created when Duck creek was filled in. It is 132 feet long and 30 feet wide. Persons desiring to establish filing stations and other businesses have sought repeatedly to buy the land. Clubs and other civic organizations protested with the result that the city council placed a price so high that it is believed the land will be kept by the city.

DAWES HINTED AS NEW AMBASSADOR TO GREAT.BRITAIN

Men Who Blasted Envoys in War 'Pink Tea Envoys’ May Get Post. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, March 13. Former Vice-President Charles G. Dawes, the man who condemned with such expletives as “Hell and Maria,” war-time diplomatic representatives of the United States, is being considered for the highest diplomatic post, the ambassadorship to Great Britain, according to reports in well informed quarters here. Dawes called the American diplomatists in Paris “pink tea diplomats" and told a house investigating committee he had more trouble with them than with any other persons with whom he dealt in his war office as head of the commissary department of the American expeditionary forces. Dawes Is Willing According to authentic report, President Hoover is contemplating appointment of Dawes to the London Post and Dawes, now in Chicago, is said to have indicated he would accept. The report has caused interesting speculation in diplomatic quarters where the appointment would be interpreted as an effort to reform the whole American diplomatic corps. The appointment would be in line with the departure from tradition

General R, L. Bullard carried the argument further. They said a cigaret was much

MURDER STORY BEFOREWOMAN First on Grand Jury to Hear Curry Case. Bu Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind., March 13 Mrs. Emma Meyer, first woman grand juror in the history of Bartholomew county, is a member of the panel which will indict Herschel Curry, 18, charged with the murder March 5 of Hubert S. Taylor. Young Curry is held in jail here as is his father, John Curry, 58. Officials say the older man is being kept in custody as a material witness in the case. The son has confessed slaying Taylor. Donald Shinn, county pauper attorney, has been assigned to defend young Curry, as the family is practically destitute. No indication has been given regarding defense plans.

which former President Coolidge took when he appointed a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Cp., Dwight Morrow, as ambassador to Mexico to handle the delicate situation which was growing in Mexico City and straining relations with this country. Recently there has been much discussion between Great Britain and the United States which has done nothing to promote good feeling between the nations. Most of the difficulties settled around the American and British naval situations. Departure From Type Dawes is an \ extreme departure from the type frequently selected as American diplomats. He is regarded as outspoken in domestic problems to a degree not relished by some American politicians. His financial experience and his knowledge of European problems, however, would bake him an ideal appointee. He has many friends in Britain, including the great British railway magnate, Josiah Stamp, with whom he discussed the farm relief issue in correspondence later published. He is wealthy enough to be able to enjoy the career of a diplomat, which is long on honors but short on salary. 350 in Legion Post Bu Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., March 13.—Byron Cox post No. 72, American Legion, of this place, is enjoying the first year of its existence with more than 350 paid up members. L. Roy Groendyke is post commander.

Bullard 'Not Rebuked, Just Told,’ Says War Department. easier on the constitution than a sweet. Candy manufacturers have arisen to defend their product. Among other places, they arose at the war department with the result special order No. 600-10, June 30, 1925, has been called to General Bullard’s attention. The special order says: “Officers of the army will not use or permit to be used their military titles in connection with commercial enterprises of any kind.” That, it was explained, goes for the whole army. They may smoke or chew taffy as they please, but they must not commercialize their preferences. War department officials said there had been no rebuke; the order merely was brought to Bull ird's attention.

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JAILED FOR NO GOOD REASON Ad Man Gets Rough Deal From Cops. Confiscation of his brand new truck, a fifteen-block ride in a oatrol wagon and an hour and a half I in jail because a turnkey would not | accept a SSO cash bond he offej ed served today to shatter whatever esteem of Arthur T. Rood, 25, Chigo advertising man, may have had of Hosier hospitality. Not even his dismissal by Municipal Judge C. R. Cameron and the restoration of his truck erased entirely the memory of what happened to him Tuesday, Rood said. Rood bought the new truck for use in his business of distributing advertising matter in Illinois Saturday. He had to come over to Indiana. He could not get his new Illinois license plates right away so he drove on into Indiana without them. Officer Dunwoody caught him without the plates at Twelfth and Illinois streets Tuesday morning. Rood exhibited his bill of sale and explained he had applied for the plates, which, of course, did not exempt him under Indiana law. Rood said he didn’t mind being arrested, but Dunwoody refused to listen to his explanation, called a patrol wagon, confiscated the truck, and rode him to city prison. The advertising man said It was an hour and a half before he got a friend to the prison to sign his SSO bond and get him out of the lock-up. Rood had SBO with him, but he said the turnkey refused to let him put up SSO of it for a cash bond. SAFETY MEN GATHER Annual Session of Council on Friday. Chairmen of committees will report on the year’s activities and progress of the In- ___ ing of the organization Friday at 6 p. m. at the Cham- , •* ber of Commerce. ' < psrv $ Committee VW chairmen who will I make reports are % Dr. William P. King, statistics; R. .J? Walter Jarvis, water; R. H. Losey, ~ <4||s§Pr i legislation: Dixson .A-Mm- m H. Bynum, legal; M Dana Webster, Reninger motor vehicle. Henry A. Reninger, president of the Natoinal Safety Council, will be the principal speaker. Frederick E. Schortmemeier, local council president, will preside. Accidents were reduced 17 per cent last year and an even greater reduction is expected for 1929, said Schortemier. The adoption of the new traffic ordinance modeled on the Hoover code was brought about largely through the efforts of the local council, he declared. PROPERTY HELD ON WRIT Assets of Closed Hope Banks Former Cashier Seized. Bv United Press COLUMBUS, Ind., March Improperly of Herman Stewart, former cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Hope, valued at $1,500, has ; been attached by Sheriff Alonzo Fitch upon a writ issued by judge j Julian Sharpnack of Bartholomew; circuit court here. The writ was issued at the request j of Charles Ellis, receiver lor the j recently closed Hope bank.

A. G. CANDLER, DIXIE FINANCE KINGJSDEAt Builds "Huge Fortune Out o Nationally Known ‘Soft Drink.’ STARTS AS POOR 801 Colorful Life Packed Wit! Love Ventures and Many Generosities. By United Press ATLANTA, Ga„ March 13.—A' lanta and the south mourned tod the passing of one oi its wealthier, and most romantic men, Asa C Candler, “the Coca Cola king,” wh died Tuesday following an illnes extending over a period of mor than a year. The funeral will be held Thursdaj The 78-year old financier, know! for his philan- . thropies and his marital difflculties, as well as for founding the W * Coca Cola com- M pany, passed w away at the KSSji Wesley Memorial hospital, which W 'k he founded and I'yf which overlooks the beautiful grounds of Emory university, BU also a monument ' i, to his generosity. Candler Candler’s matrimonial venture became as widely-known as hi business enterprises. In 1878 hi married Lucy Howard, daughter o his first employer in Atlanta. Sh< died in 1922 and three years late Candler was sued for $500,000 bOnezima de Bouchelle of New Or leans, who accused him of breach o promise. She lost the suit. In June 1923 he married Mrs May Little Ragin. a widow, wh< had been his stenographer. The career of the soft drink mag nate, while bristling with evidenc' to prove his business sagacity an? charitableness of nature, Is not lacking in romance of a kind thal brought him some notoriety. Daughter at Bedside Mrs. Henry Heinz, only daughtei of Candler, was with him when th* end came shortly after 4 p. m. Hi; four sons had been summoned ant were on their way to the hospita at the moment of death. The story of the founder of th( Coca Cola company is a story o another American who achieve* great wealth after being bom o poor, farming parents. He was born in the country neat Villa Rica, Ga., in 1851. With a capital of $2.50, the young Candler came to Atlanta at 21 after doing his share to reclaim the farm all but ruined during the Civil war. He went to work in a drug store until his father died in 1873. Returning home, he remained five years, and again sought his future in Atlanta. Served As Mayor He made his first start in businc in partnership with late N. B. Hallman in the drug business. He purchased his partner’s interest after four years, and ran the firm alone for six years. In 1888 Candler started the manufacture of Coca Cola. The first Coca Cola factory wss a small shed, and the kettle in which the syrup was mixed was stirred by himself. Only 500 gallons of the beverage was sold the first year. Candler was for one term mayor of Atlanta, during 1917-18. Although his conduct of that office was not without criticism he was credited with many acts of practical altruism. In addition to his widespread charitable donations. Candler, on more than one occasion came to the rescue of southern business men—throwing his millions into the breach when it seemed almost a certainty he was giving it away. Saved Rival Bank During the money panic of 1907, he offered to purchase enormous real estate holdings at prices which prevailed previous to the depression, paying out $1,100,000 in cash without demanding any sacrifices from owners. During the war, when the price of cotton dropped to 6 cents a pound, he announced his readme:, to lend up to $30,000,000 to southern cotton growers on the basis of 6 cents a pound. He was credited with having saved a rival bank, one of the largest in Atlanta, from liquidation by purchasing its entire capital stock and later selling it back when condition: improved. quits traininoTschool Principal at Muncie Declines to Take Administrative Post. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., March 13.—Dr Robert G. Simpson, principal of the Burris training school, now being completed or. the campus of Ball State Teachers’ college here, has resigned, it is announced by President L. A. Pittenger. The training school, the only one in Indiana, is to be opened this fall nd there student teachers will have the opportunity of practice work under supervision of faculty members. Muncie pupils a ill attend the school, through an agreement now oeing worked out by the trustees of the college and the city school board. Dr. Simpson, whose training is in supervisory work, resigned rather than take ’up the administrative duties required in the principal- ■ ■ - ■ ■